Kirk Carter@ WGA Copyright 2013
WINE MAMA (50)
ONE SQUEALING GRAPE
INT: BRIAN'S HOUSE-HOME OFFICE-THURSDAY-3 A.M.
BECAUSE OF THE TIME ZONE DIFFERENCE, BRIAN'S TRYING TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL IN TIME TO ARTHUR KNIGHT BEFORE HE LEAVES BELIZE TO GET ON A BOAT. HE STARTS TAPPING OUT LETTER.
"Dear Arthur, We've had a bit of change in game plans! It's important to understand that we "NEED" you now. Remember the old days when we use'd to go skydiving in college? Well your going to get a chance to revisit one of your old passions, even if it is just one more time. Point being, is that we need you here now, so I have made arrangements to have you flown direct to an airfield in Arizona. You will first get a boarding pass and fly to Mexico City first. You'll meet up with my friend who has an old DC-3, his destination is north of where I live, but he's willing to veer a little off-course, flying over where my vineyard is, to where you will skydive into our backyard. Don't worry, it's pretty big and I will have it all lit up, so you won't be able to miss us! If you have that old Yahoo address, send me your current info as an attachment, throw in some useless pictures, so there is no attention drawn to the text. I'll need a name and information in regard to your new identification, birthplace, birthday, visa number, tax number, whatever you have going there...my boy's will get you all fixed up in the airline computer. Remember, time is of the essence so just hold tight, if everything works out, we should have you here early Friday morning! Sincerely, Your Bud
(scene switch)
INT: JUNO VILLAS IN BELIZE-ARTHUR KNIGHT'S SUITE-6 A.M.
HAVING BREAKFAST, HE HEARS MESSAGE PROMPT ON COMPUTER
LOOKS UP AND SEE'S BRIAN'S POSTING, OPENS UP ATTACHMENT
GOES TO RETRIEVE OLD YAHOO ADDRESS OUT OF WALLET
TRIES TO GET ON YAHOO, BUT IT'S TAKING FOREVER TO PROMPT
FINALLY PROMPTS, STARTS TO COMPOSE LETTER
Dear Bud, It's Tom Watts now, that's who I am, my birthday is coming up on November 5th, wow has it really been 52 years, can't believe it, looking forward to seeing the states again, oh that old hillside place 64-998625-A, yea that was fun, along with those girls of D35, and 88907, and of course the 246 out of the island of origination. Hope to see you in Mexico City first, just let me know what lot you'll be in...it's a big landing strip you know. Talk to me, take care, Big Tom
SENDING EMAIL, ARTHUR STARTS TALKING TO HIMSELF
"Hope he's able to decode all that gobblety- goop?"
(scene switch)
MODESTO SHERIFF'S OFFICE-CONFERENCE ROOM
NOW THAT LIEUTENANT BROWN HAS TAKEN THE LEAD POSITION SINCE LIEUTENANT SHELLY SMITH'S DEMISE, HE IS ATTEMPTING TO ORCHESTRATE HIS SURVEILLANCE STAKE-OUT USING MEMBERS OF THE BOY SCOUT EXPLORERS JUNIOR SHERIFF'S PATROL. IT WAS ALL HE COULD THINK OF BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET CUTS, BUT IT TURNS OUT TO NOT BE QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS
THREE JUNIOR SHERIFF EXPLORERS SHOW UP FOR ATTENDANCE
THREE JUNIOR SHERIFF EXPLORERS SHOW UP FOR ATTENDANCE
BROWN
"Okay gentlemen...young recruits, welcome to the first elements, the first step into the world of good police work...the first rule of thumb, when uncovering criminal activity, is obtaining good information, putting the pieces together and verifying all possible leads...so since we are a little short-handed here, the Sheriff's office has decided to let you guys come in and take a shot at this particular case...now shall we get started?"
EXPLORER #1 HOLDS UP HAND
BROWN
"Yes sir, what's your question?"
EXPLORER #1-KEVIN
"Are we going to be allowed to shoot people?"
BROWN
"No, nothing like that...we are simply going to be vigilent, take notes, and try to be as observant as possible, this about staying aware and making note of anything that looks suspicious!"
EXPLORER #2 HOLD HAND UP
BROWN
"Yes, what's your question?"
EXPLORER #2-PETE
"Are you going to have snacks, something to drink...I could use a Coke right now?"
EXPLORER #3-TOBY BURST IN
"Hey sir...I gotta pee, almost blowin up here!"
BROWN
"Yes, we'll have something a little later, and you son can wait a minute or two...so to get back to the case at hand, we will be monitoring a grape harvesting operation at a small vineyard here in town...your job is to see where the grapes are, where they're going, and try to see where they actually end up...we'll be looking at the procedures, how many trucks, it's pretty simle really!"
EXPLORER #1-KEVIN
"Mister Brown..."
BROWN
That's Leuitinant Brown to you sir!"
KEVIN
"Yea...are we going to get to chase people in a cop car with the lights and siren going nuts?"
BROWN
"No, your going to be undercover, just regular kids on bicycles, coming home from school, just hanging out, only you will be watching for things...it's important that you don't react or stare too much...just be yourselfs and blend in, understand?"
EXPLORER #2-PETE
"When do we get started?"
BROWN
"Friday, after school, about three, three-thirty, by then most of the harvesting will almost be finished...just make sure you all have your I-phones or whatever your using with you...I'll let you meet the couple who owns the vineyard, and just kind of make it look like your just regulars that come by for milk and cookies, okay?"
EXPLORER #3-TOBY
"But, I don't like milk!"
BROWN
"Okay son, we'll make sure to get you a tasty glass of water or something...look everybody, this is serious police work, it will look good on your law enforcement experience, so everybody pay attention, let's not screw this up...I'll be pasing out info on where to meet, and please gentlemen...like I said, this is official police business, it's paramount that you keep this a secret, keep this to yourself's...everybody understand?"
EVERYBODY SHAKING THEIR HEADS
BROWN
"Very good...good day officiers, you are all excused!"
BROWN WALKING OUT OF BOARDROOM
LOOKING UP, HE SEE'S CHEIF O'BRIAN OF THE FBI LEANING UP AGAINST A DESK
BROWN
"Whoa, what a pleasure...didn't expect to see you down in these parts, how ya been?"
CHEIF O'BRIAN
"Just wanted to come down and see how my new lead man was doing...how is the recovery going?"
BROWN
"Well...I have my days, little bit of nerve damage, but Doc says that it should disappear over time...and with Shelly gone, you know...it's not exactly the way I wanted to get a promotion, but I guess God has his own ways of doing things?"
CHEIF O'BRIAN
"Kind of got an earfull of what your trying to do here, and since this falls under ATF jurisdiction, and I know there is no wine yet, there is the oppurtunity to conduct such activities...the bullets to produce it, so to speak...anyway there's your legal side as the bureau see's it!"
BROWN
"Well, it comes down to Cashman apparently making a deal with one of Sheffield's underwriter's, hucksters, whatever you call them...anyway he calls me up out of the blue and asked me to look over his shoulder during the harvest and shipping routes, destinantions, whatever...I mean I didn't want to start raising a bunch of flags till I had something concrete, all hunches here, and the budgets for us are all tight, you know what I mean?"
CHEIF O"BRIAN
"Well, Brown...I appreciate that but we have resources, toys, gadgets, and things that you couldn't possible have access to...that is if you don't ask the right people..."
BROWN
"Yea, look at me with the Boy Scouts...I mean, I don't have a problem with it, but at this point I could use any toys you might have laying around?"
O"BRIAN HOLDS OUT HAND
"Ever seen one of these?"
DROPS OBJECT INTO BROWN'S HAND
BROWN
"Yeah, it's a grape!"
O'BRIAN
"Ah my friend, looks are deceiving...it's actually a coded grape transmitter, good up to two nautical miles...we throw them in the trucks when we want to track shipments...saves a lot of time on location, point of travel, verification...all kinds of things...I'll tell you what, I'll have one of the boys drop you off a system in the morning...comes with three grapes that charge and turn on and off through the skin, through the receiving unit, and the tracking antenna...just please try to get it back to us when your finished...deal?"
BROWN
"Thank you so much Cheif, but what if I lose one of the grapes?"
O"BRIAN
"It discharges and get's discarded eventually...after all, like you said, it's just a grape...we'll make more!"
BOTH LAUGHING
scene close
"Yes sir, what's your question?"
EXPLORER #1-KEVIN
"Are we going to be allowed to shoot people?"
BROWN
"No, nothing like that...we are simply going to be vigilent, take notes, and try to be as observant as possible, this about staying aware and making note of anything that looks suspicious!"
EXPLORER #2 HOLD HAND UP
BROWN
"Yes, what's your question?"
EXPLORER #2-PETE
"Are you going to have snacks, something to drink...I could use a Coke right now?"
EXPLORER #3-TOBY BURST IN
"Hey sir...I gotta pee, almost blowin up here!"
BROWN
"Yes, we'll have something a little later, and you son can wait a minute or two...so to get back to the case at hand, we will be monitoring a grape harvesting operation at a small vineyard here in town...your job is to see where the grapes are, where they're going, and try to see where they actually end up...we'll be looking at the procedures, how many trucks, it's pretty simle really!"
EXPLORER #1-KEVIN
"Mister Brown..."
BROWN
That's Leuitinant Brown to you sir!"
KEVIN
"Yea...are we going to get to chase people in a cop car with the lights and siren going nuts?"
BROWN
"No, your going to be undercover, just regular kids on bicycles, coming home from school, just hanging out, only you will be watching for things...it's important that you don't react or stare too much...just be yourselfs and blend in, understand?"
EXPLORER #2-PETE
"When do we get started?"
BROWN
"Friday, after school, about three, three-thirty, by then most of the harvesting will almost be finished...just make sure you all have your I-phones or whatever your using with you...I'll let you meet the couple who owns the vineyard, and just kind of make it look like your just regulars that come by for milk and cookies, okay?"
EXPLORER #3-TOBY
"But, I don't like milk!"
BROWN
"Okay son, we'll make sure to get you a tasty glass of water or something...look everybody, this is serious police work, it will look good on your law enforcement experience, so everybody pay attention, let's not screw this up...I'll be pasing out info on where to meet, and please gentlemen...like I said, this is official police business, it's paramount that you keep this a secret, keep this to yourself's...everybody understand?"
EVERYBODY SHAKING THEIR HEADS
BROWN
"Very good...good day officiers, you are all excused!"
BROWN WALKING OUT OF BOARDROOM
LOOKING UP, HE SEE'S CHEIF O'BRIAN OF THE FBI LEANING UP AGAINST A DESK
BROWN
"Whoa, what a pleasure...didn't expect to see you down in these parts, how ya been?"
CHEIF O'BRIAN
"Just wanted to come down and see how my new lead man was doing...how is the recovery going?"
BROWN
"Well...I have my days, little bit of nerve damage, but Doc says that it should disappear over time...and with Shelly gone, you know...it's not exactly the way I wanted to get a promotion, but I guess God has his own ways of doing things?"
CHEIF O'BRIAN
"Kind of got an earfull of what your trying to do here, and since this falls under ATF jurisdiction, and I know there is no wine yet, there is the oppurtunity to conduct such activities...the bullets to produce it, so to speak...anyway there's your legal side as the bureau see's it!"
BROWN
"Well, it comes down to Cashman apparently making a deal with one of Sheffield's underwriter's, hucksters, whatever you call them...anyway he calls me up out of the blue and asked me to look over his shoulder during the harvest and shipping routes, destinantions, whatever...I mean I didn't want to start raising a bunch of flags till I had something concrete, all hunches here, and the budgets for us are all tight, you know what I mean?"
CHEIF O"BRIAN
"Well, Brown...I appreciate that but we have resources, toys, gadgets, and things that you couldn't possible have access to...that is if you don't ask the right people..."
BROWN
"Yea, look at me with the Boy Scouts...I mean, I don't have a problem with it, but at this point I could use any toys you might have laying around?"
O"BRIAN HOLDS OUT HAND
"Ever seen one of these?"
DROPS OBJECT INTO BROWN'S HAND
BROWN
"Yeah, it's a grape!"
O'BRIAN
"Ah my friend, looks are deceiving...it's actually a coded grape transmitter, good up to two nautical miles...we throw them in the trucks when we want to track shipments...saves a lot of time on location, point of travel, verification...all kinds of things...I'll tell you what, I'll have one of the boys drop you off a system in the morning...comes with three grapes that charge and turn on and off through the skin, through the receiving unit, and the tracking antenna...just please try to get it back to us when your finished...deal?"
BROWN
"Thank you so much Cheif, but what if I lose one of the grapes?"
O"BRIAN
"It discharges and get's discarded eventually...after all, like you said, it's just a grape...we'll make more!"
BOTH LAUGHING
scene close
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